American Cancer Society Updates Colon Cancer Screening Guidelines
If you’re 45 and thought you had a few more years before needing to schedule a colonoscopy, think again.
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Your Medical Records, on Your Phone
Patients can take charge of their health with Apple Health Records feature.
Using Technology to Conveniently Connect Patients and Providers
UNC Health Care is committed to reaching patients at a time and place that works for them, and they’re using technology to do it.
People Having a Stroke Now Have More Options for Treatment
Speedy action is still critical, but doctors’ tools have expanded, according to new treatment guidelines developed by a group of experts led by a UNC neurologist.
UNC’s Bowles Alcohol Research Center Can Keep Doing Good Work
UNC's Bowles Alcohol Research center is helping us understand alcohol's effects on the brain, with lots of help from the NIH.
UNC lung researchers awarded $12.5-million NIH grant to develop new...
The National Institutes of Health has awarded four UNC experts a translational program project grant (tPPG) to develop and test therapeutics aimed at reducing the hyper-concentration of mucus often found in cystic fibrosis and asthma patients.
Asthma, Cystic Fibrosis, Grants, Innovation, News, Pulmonology
When the Brain’s Wiring Breaks
The UNC lab of Anne Taylor discovers key molecular details of a common type of brain injury and a possible new treatment strategy.
Brain Health, News, Research, Trauma, Traumatic Brain Injury
Can E-cigarettes help COPD patients quit smoking and reduce harm to...
Using data from two studies on COPD, researchers at the UNC School of Medicine are trying to understand the effects of e-cigarettes on use patterns and whether they can mitigate the worst health outcomes of COPD. Initial results of a preliminary study do not reflect positively on e-cigarettes.
Unraveling Alzheimer’s: New Study Documents How Brain Cells Go Bad
In a first-of-its-kind study, UNC researchers show how a damaging cascade of events inside brain cells - and related to Alzheimer's disease - can be stopped or reversed.